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By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor - Caraga

BUTUAN City––In commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Caraga gave out P17.755 million worth of farm equipment, credit assistance and crop protection insurance to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Region 13 Tuesday at the Main Atrium of Robinsons Place here. See FULL STORY, page A5

Violence against women, children body revamped By URIEL C. QUILINGUING Contributing Editor

Cagayan de Oro’s City Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking and Violence Against Women and Their Children (CIACAT-VAWC)

was reorganized and its membership reconstituted on Tuesday when Australian national Peter Gerard Scully was arraigned and pleaded Rotary International District 3870 Governor Manny Along administers the oath of office of the very first ever set not guilty of five counts of of officers of the newest club of the district, Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro Premier. The ceremony was held last See violence, page A11

Kapatagan kicks off annual fiesta with singing tilt

June 13 at VIP Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.

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Risk-taker farmers of Claveria get ‘rewards’ By BONG D. FABE Contributing Editor

By SONNY SUDARIA ARMM News Bureau

THE town of Kapatagan in Lanao del Norte kicked off its annual fiesta with the amateur singing contest on June 13 held at the Kapatagan town center. The holding of the amateur singing contest was part of the celebration of the 66th Araw ng Kapatagan which will culminate on July 8 with a toast with HBC Ventures Chief Executive Officer and restaurant owner Mr. Henry B. Mayor Benjie Baguio. Chua with his staff strike a pose inside the Daltan’s Kambingan restaurant At 5 a.m. on July 1, a tree at Tiano-Borja Street, Cagayan de Oro City, which will formally open today See singing, page A11

CLAVERIA, Misamis Oriental—Teary-eyed with joy for the “surprise” she had just received, 50-yearold Magdalena Sawitan of

Barangay Madaguing repeatedly kissed the cheque for P20,469 written for her by the Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp, Inc. (PMFTC, Inc.) during the recent Farmers’ See REWARDS, page A3

(June 18). Mindanao Daily News photo by Irene Dayo

Daltan’s Kambingan opens new branch today By Irene Joy B. Dayo Staff member

THE Cagayan de Oro’s prime for goat-meat meals, Daltan’s Kambingan Restaurant, opens its second and bigger branch today (June 18) at Tiano-Borja Street.

Following the success of its pioneer branch in Capistrano-Cruz Taal Streets, this second branch will serve more customers, this time, in the heart of the city. Its location is near to various business hubs and schools such as Xavier University.

HBC Ventures Chief Executive Officer and restaurant owner, Mr. Henry B. Chua, said that together with the launching of their new branch, a couple of specialties in the menu were also added. The restaurant is famous

for its servings, namely: Power Booster, Adobo na Kambing, Kaldereta na Kambing, Papaitan, Kilawin, and Soup # 5. For its restaurant name Daltan’s is short for “Dala Tanan” which practically

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OVERJOYED . Tobacco farmer Magdalena Sawitan of Barangay Madaguing, Claveria, Misamis Oriental is overjoyed and teary-eyed after receiving a check amounting P20,469 from Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp (PMFTC, Inc.) executives lead by Atty. Wilma “Amy” Eisma, manager for public affairs and contributions and Claveria operations manager Ravi Lumunsad. MDN photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy

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Davao to subsidize own mass transport system

AVAO City is constructing its own mass transport system similar to the LRT and MRT in Metro Manila to address a growing population and increased people movement because of its economic growth. But, unlike the Metro Manila mass transport system, Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte said that the city government will subsidise a large portion of the commuters’ fare. “Government must reAFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION BY A SOLE HEIR Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late NESTOR R. ESPELITA, who died intestate on July 11, 2014, acquire a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-7794, located at Mabini, Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte, more particularly described as follows; Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-7794, Lot No. 426-C-5, Psd-13-008033, being a portion of Lot 426-C, Psd-13-002212, Survey Claimant: Elegio M. Atega, Land Use: Orchard, Municipality of Mabini, Cabadbaran, Province of Agusan del Norte, Area: FIVE HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN (547) SQ.M., is the subject of AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION BY A SOLE HEIR, made and entered namely; VICTORIA E. ILAGAN, of legal age, widow, Filipino and a resident of Mabulay Subdivision, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, is the lawfully wedded wife and the sole heir. As per Doc. No. 95; Page No. 19; Book No. XVI; Series of 2015, under Notary Public of ATTY. JAYFRANCIS D. BAGO. MDN: JUNE 11, 18 & 25, 2015

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF REAL ESTATE WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late spouses RAMON S. BACARRO and EULALIA LABUANAN EDOS, leaving a parcel of land described as follows: A parcel of land with all improvements thereon, known as survey No. 88 cad 367, located at Lower Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 275 square meters, declared in the name of Ramon S. Bacarro, covered by Tax Decl. No. 08-11-0002-01735, and pursuant to Rule 74 of the Rules of Court subject to the conditions set forth in the said rules, we agree among themselves to sell a portion of a 71 square meters to Pierre Ian T. Garrido, as we hereby settle and adjudicate and be transferred to heirs of Ramon S. Bacarro for the remaining portion of 204 square meters, is the subject of Extra-Judicial Settlement of Real Estate with Sale, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Audio G. Paduganan, per Doc. No. 167; Page No. 23; Book No. 54; Series of 2015. MDN: June 11, 18 & 25, 2015

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ally shoulder past of the transport cost of ordinary wage earners and office workers to ensure equitable and inclusive human development in the city,” he said. In a recent trip to Metro Manila, Duterte said he was saddened and disappointed to see the long lines of people waiting for a ride in the MRT. “Those who could not

bear the long wait were walking along the road and every time a jeepney stopped to pick passengers, there was a mad scramble among the poor commuters,” Duterte said recalling what he saw. “Kawawa talaga. Pati babae at bata natutumba sa pag-aagawan para makasakay lang,” he said. “I can’t imagine why our government could be so insensitive to the plight of the poor workers. Not only is public transport so expensive, it is demeans the human beings who are cramped inside the MRT and LRT like cattle,” the Mayor said.

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WILLIAM “IDOL” GUIALANI Former Barangay Captain of Taglimao, CDO

“The Davao City mass transport system will be different. We will take into consideration the fact that those who will use it are ordinary people who earn very little,” Duterte said. A South Korean company has started the wheels rolling for the multi-million dollar project with a feasibility study. Duterte, on behalf of the City Government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea Engineering and Construction (KEC) for the feasibility study on the railway project with no cost to the local government. KEC overseas manager EXTRA-JUDICIAL ADJUDICATION WITH DEED OF SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SATURNINO CAINOY, own a parcel of residential land located at Bobontugan, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental described and bounded as follows: Lot No. 1489, Cad-367 (Tax Dec. No. 08-11-0004-04548), containing an area of 545 sq.meters, that for and in consideration, we hereby Sell, Cede, Transfer and Convey unto Redentor S. Jardin married to Grace A. Jardin with residence at Upper Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, is the subject of Extra-Judicial Adjudication with Deed of Sale, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Dale Bryan D. Mordeno, per Doc. No. 316; Book No. 64; Page No. XXI; Series of 2008. MDN: June 11, 18 & 25, 2015

Dae Kwon Jung placed premium on the 13.6km LRT system from Roxas Avenue starting at the Ateneo de Davao University, passing Abreeza Mall in Bajada, SM Mall in Lanang then Mamay Road and the Davao International Airport in Buhangin. At least, 5,000 to 20,000 thousand passengers could be transported every hour by the monorail-type LRT running at 70 km. per hour,

said Jung. Duterte said the view that government should subsidise the mass transport system is based on his belief that the ordinary people have always been at the losing end of the country’s development efforts. “We hail our overseas workers as heroes but we bleed them dry with all of the requirements and fees they pay before they could work abroad,” he said.

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PR.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JELL MARLON A. TACANDONG has filed with this Office a petition for the change of first name from “MARC IMMANUEL” to “MARC RODEN” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MARC IMMANUEL DAW-IT who was born on December 25, 1999 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are JELL MARLON ABEJUELA TACANDONG and MADELIENE ESTRADA DAW-IT. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 18 JUNE 2015. (SGD.) EVANGELINE C. TAPANGAN Asst. City Civil Registrar Officer-In-Charge MDN: June 11 & 18, 2015

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NATIONAL Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Director Ombra Gandamra for Northern Mindanao yesterday reminded all government offices in the region, whether national line agencies or local government units (LGUs), to strictly observe the working hours for their employees

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Week celebration here. “Thank you very much for your help. I was really not expecting this,” said Sawitan, one of the pioneer tobacco farmers here. She said that she was “encouraged” to venture into flue cured (Virginia) tobacco farming because of the cigarette manufacturing giant’s promised of taking great care of the farmers. She said: “The company also encouraged us to practice crop rotation. So I still plant corn and cassava after harvesting my tobacco leaf four months after transplanting them.” Crop rotation or planting corn after harvesting the tobacco or vice versa is mandatory for all tobacco farmers here as this practice is one of the many ways to avoid crop diseases. It also help soil regeneration. Sawitan started tobacco in 2012 on a two-hectare farm. Since then, she is receiving more than P1,000 a week from the sale of her tobacco leaf. While her sales of tobacco is “just comparable” to her sales of corn and cassava before, she said she will not abandon tobacco farming because she can harvest the tobacco leaf two plants after transplanting tobacco. Also, “tobacco brings us a weekly income of not less than P1,000.” This town, the only landlocked municipality in Misamis Oriental, is the site of PMFTC’s continuous production operations as tobacco leaf is grown and harvested all year round. Farmers here plant the fluecured variety which matches the excellent variety grown in the United States and Brazil. For farmers here, tobacco farming is way much better than growing other crops because they are assured of a market at fixed contracted price, farms inputs assistance, free of charge transportation for the leaf harvest

who are Muslim as they observe the holy month of Ramadan startuing today (June 18). Gandamra said that it was already stipulated in Resolution No. 81-1277 passed by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and was implemented since 1991 allowing employees who practice the Islamic religion to render office between 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. without noon break.

“That is already counted as one day of service rendered so they could go home and be with their families early to pray solemnly,” he said. He also added that this working system must continue till the end of the solemn month which would be the holy day of Eidl Fitr. The said CSC resolution further stated that the difference of two hours is not counted as undertime.

“The commission recognizes the constitutional right of the Muslims to the free exercise of our faith,” Gandamra said. This, even as Gandamra also called on all private businesses in Northern Mindanao to also allow their Muslim employees to render flexible time during the whole month. “Even if this is not mandated by law yet, I still hope that our esteemed business

community here will consider and honor the customs of their Muslim workers,” he added. Ramadan is observed in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and will start on the day the New Moon is sighted. Fasting is obligatory for adult Muslims except those who are suffering from illness, traveling, elderly, pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic or going through menstrual

bleeding. From dawn until sunset, Muslim refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids, smoking and engaging in sexual relations. Gandamra said Ramadan is a time of spiritual reflection, improvement and increased devotion and worship. “Muslims are expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Islam. We must be enhanced and enlightened more spiritually,” he said.

to the buying station, full technical assistance from planting to growing and harvesting, and are trained to apply and observe good agricultural practices. But they are suffering from the onslaught of the El Niño phenomenon. Project Tabuk Because Sawitan took risks in planting tobacco despite the drought, PMFTC “rewarded” her, and other tobacco farmers who risked, with cash and grocery items under the Project Tabuk (crossover) of the company’s Farmers Assistance Program. Project Tabuk is a oneof-a-kind relief program of PMFTC, Inc. that aims to ease farmers’ burden of loss income due to the drought. It also aims to help tobacco farmers “crossover” from the prolonged dry spell to the rainy season. The project has two components, Cost Recovery Package and Food Package. The Cost Recovery Package allows farmers to recover

their cost of production. To c omp e n s at e f or their losses because of the drought, PMFTC pays farmers for the difference between the total labor and machinery rental costs and the total value of tobacco purchases. Thus, not all tobacco farmers who took the risk of planting despite the drought got the same amount, said Ravi Lumunsad, operations manager of PMFTC Claveria. The Food Package, on the other hand, covers the margin of income the farmers would have earned under normal conditions. The amount of assistance is 50 percent of the estimated margin of earning of each farmer. Farmers who took the risks received P10,000 worth of food package assistance (P4,000 worth of rice and P6,000 worth of grocery items) for every hectare planted to tobacco. For tobacco farmers who did not plant because of the El Nino, they still re-

ceive food packages worth P1,500, said lawyer Wilma “Amy’ Eisma, PMFTC Public Affairs and Contributions manager. PMFTC also condoned the loans the farmers owed the company, Lumunsad said. Partners in development Didet Danguilan, PMFTC communications manager, said that based on their records, there are 221 “risk-taker” tobacco farmers in Claveria while those who did not take risk or planted

other crops than tobacco or have stopped farming altogether because of the drought totaled 449. “All of them are the beneficiaries of Project Tabuk.” PMFTC are taking very good care of tobacco farmers here and in other parts of the country where it has an operation because the company considers them as “partners in development.” “Without these farmers, it will be very hard for us to continue in the business,” Danguilan said.

Aside from tobacco farmers, the cigarette manufacturing giant will also be extending assistance to other farmers here, not just the tobacco farmers, said Eisma. “We will also be giving 50 cavans of rice to other farmers here but these will be coursed through the local government unit under the Office of the Municipal Mayor,” she said, as she explained that farmers should be given assistance See REWARDS, page A11

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Remembering my father

“MGA PADERS” --- June 21 is Father’s Day. The popular Advisory is: all fathers, like me, are excused and relieved on this day from their normal chores like cooking, washing, ironing, household chores, tending the baby, etc etc. Coz it’s their special day.! ****** MY FATHER MARTIN-I can’t help but remember my late father Martin. “Ating” was a simple and humble man. He worked for a living as a passenger bus driver when we were all small until he retired. I cannot forget what he told me when one day I asked him if he wanted to stop driving and retire as he was getting old and all of us 8 children could adequately take care of his needs and our mother, a public school teacher Amparo. I really thought he would welcome the suggestion. But his reply, in Ilongo dialect, was: “Why will I stop driving when my driving made you a lawyer and a congressman?”. End of discussion. He died after retiring as service bus driver of the Davao Sugar Central

CAGAYAN de Oro City -- It’s a sad commentary on the quality of our leaders ALLAN M. MEDIANTE that their alleged political Editor-in-Chief parties are nothing more ruel pelone CRIS DIAZ than personal convenience Managing Editor Executive Editor vehicles for their political ambitions. CHENG ORDOÑEZ URIEL C. QUILINGUING Associate Contributing Editor Party labels signify practically nothing but a façade MARK FRANCISCO Arjay Felicilda for projecting persons with Lifestyle Editor Assistant Editor vested interest who are out to grab power. GILBERT Y. CHAO gerry lee gorit Motoring Editor Photo Journalist If we had an authentic party system, every party felix santillan ROEL CATOTO would enlist citizens with EDSEL BANTOL Provincial Editor-Surigao ideas and beliefs about good Layout Artists PAT SAMONTE governance, human develirene dayo CHRIS PANGANIBAN opment, and social progress Reporter-NorthMin Regional Editors-Caraga that are then embodied in a platform. JOE PALABAO MARLON GAYOG Such parties would be Rene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Davao Regional Editors-Northmin institutional talent pools and resource centers, proAL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA viding our society with a Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant ready stock of exemplary people who are nominated ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI NOTARY PUBLIC- JUNI LAW OFFICE as much for their ability and CELL NO: 09352379999/ (088) 8573595 ideas as for their honesty CRUZ TAAL ST., CAG. DE ORO CITY and trustworthiness. Legal Counsel ***** -------------------------------------------------------------- If we had such parties, bureau and mktg staff candy macabale - 09161326483 by now we would be watchRIZA O. ARES - 0915-9753277/0920-9600223 ing an array of nominatMISOR - LOLONG NABONG - 0906-875-8650 ing activities for all levels. GINGOOG CITY-MANNY ANSIHAGAN-0936-287-7788 North Buk. - DAHLIA S. BENEMERITO-0936-303-0410 And politics would not be VALENCIA CITY - PHILIP PHIL CALUMBA-0905-652-5407 crowded with self-appointKIBAWE, BUKIDNON - ROSEMARY GENON ed, self-nominated, and MARAMAG - TITA FINA CUALES - 0926-336-1585 self-serving candidates. Iligan City - JEFFREY OPONDA-0936-1174378 tubod - louie bukod-0948-1323348 It seems that all it takes bobby mag usara-tangub city today is for any Jojo, Digoy, OROQUIETA CITY - PJ TREMEDAL-0919-3452375 or Filo to adopt an acronym ARMM - Sony Sudaria-0947-4810371 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Jess Dureza in our home barangay Guihing in the south. ***** POPE OKS PROBE -- Pope Francis gave the “green light “ for the start of the investigation of a former Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic for alleged sexual abuse of children.This is unprecedented. ***** IT’S GENETIC ? --- Looks like the ambition and the itch to be president runs in the blood. Having a former sitting president in the family can whet the appetite of presidential families to seek the same path. Hillary Clinton is now an announced

presidential candidate in the November US elections from the Democratic Party. She ‘s the wife of former US President Bill Clinton. Another kin of another former US Pres George Bush, son Jed Bush also announced his presidential plans for the Republicans. In the Philippines, the same pattern prevails. We had PGMA after his father President Macapagal. Then Pres Noynoy after Pres Cory. Who’s next? Sorry for me. I don’t have the genes! ***** REFORMS -- I attended a few days ago an executive management seminar on security in Camp Crame. I was clapping discreetly C/Supt Noel Constantino, overall chief of the PNP office regulating and overseeing private security providers (PSAs) all over the country. He called on all participants to stop doing shortcuts and bribe officers. He even called PADPAO, the organization of security agencies as the biggest “fixer” in the industry. I wish we have more of his kind in government service.

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and announce it as a party, then declare himself its head or spokesman. They bastardize instead of ennoble politics. A political party is serious business. It should be treated seriously. It’s supposed to be the quality-control mechanism for democratic politics—identifying and nominating worthy candidates, sorting out undesirable wannabes. But we have such dysfunctional “parties” today, some headed by flunkies or dropouts with wrong notions of the role a party performs in a democracy. ***** These makeshift parties shouldn’t have been allowed to crash into the electoral arena stuffing our political system with misfits, charlatans, and undeserving political parasites. The dominance of these make-believe parties deprives us of a civilized way to ensure that a candidate is really qualified and can really be trusted. Not only that, they make it impossible to keep a level playing field for all legitimate contenders. All they can present each time is an undistinguished lineup of candidates, mostly ambitious people with money or moneyed backers

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who basically buy their way to public office by waging expensive campaigns. As a case in point, it is difficult to guess what redeeming value has been gained by Filipino society in having the likes of Ramon Revilla (senior and junior), Lito Lapid, and others in the Senate or the Lower House. ***** Such thoughtless choices saddle our society with billions in expenses—money they spend to maintain their incompetence and corrupt lifestyles with no hope of a return on investment! Then there’s the alleged “party” of Jojo Binay. Imagine the vice president wants Pacman to be its prime candidate for senator—a desire no doubt calculated See valdehuesa, page A11

Let Go of the Controls Think A Minute

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Think a minute… A pilot was flying his small airplane, a Cessna 150, when suddenly he lost control. His plane began spinning and falling to the ground! He panicked and began doing everything he could think of with the controls. Finally, after a few seconds, he remembered his teacher’s words of instruction: “If you ever go into a spin and start falling in this plane, the Cessna 150, just let go of the controls! This kind of plane will stop falling and fly straight again by itself.” But letting go of the controls and trusting the plane to fly straight and save him was the hardest, scariest thing for this pilot to do. Finally, he pulled his hands off the controls and waited. After many seconds of his Cessna plane spinning and falling, it returned to just normal, level flying and he was safe again! Even though the plane fell more than half a mile, the pilot survived because he trusted the plane enough to let go. If you’re in trouble or going through a major problem, decision, or crisis in your life. You may be feeling like you must do all kinds of things to fix it. But nothing you’re doing is working, so you’re frustrated and worried. You know the best thing you can do is what that pilot finally did. Just take your hands off the controls and stop trying to change and fix that situation or person yourself. It’s hard to do, especially if you feel you’re the only person who is trying to do anything about it. But why not just let go and ask Jesus to forgive you for living your own wrong way. Then, ask Him to take full charge of your whole life, including your problem. Put every area of your life into God’s hands: See hurst, page A11

Daily Inspiration Forgiveness “He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he, himself, must pass.” Lord Herbert - English writer (1583-1648)

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Forgiveness is a complicated step because the offended one is often filled with intense emotions. As humans, we must deal with those emotions if forgiveness is to occur. Do not confuse forgiveness with forgetting. For an assault victim, remembering is a natural defense mechanism necessary to alert oneself of situations to guard against in order

to stay safe. Forgiving is releasing the offender. It also allows the person to release the toxic emotions within themselves as well as the blame toward others. Releasing allows for healing to take place. Do you have a place of needed healing? Your freedom is in the releasing. Don’t break the bridge which you must pass. Swimming the deep waters of unforgiveness is cold, murky and poisonous. Stay warm in the “Son” of forgiveness and get back in His “Son”light. Enjoy your stroll across the forgiveness bridge toward freedom.

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By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor - Caraga

UTUAN CITY – In commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Caraga gave out P17.755 million worth of farm equipment, credit assistance and crop protection insurance to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Region 13 Tuesday at the Main Atrium of Robinsons Place here.

The affair was led by newly-assigned Caraga Regional Director Julita A. Ragandang, who assured to continue the distribution of the remaining agricultural lands to qualified farmerbeneficiaries in the region. Ragandang took over last April 14 the DAR-Caraga top post from Director Faisar A. Mambuay, who

was assigned as Regional Director of DAR-Region 10 pursuant to Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes’ Department Order No. 107, Series of 2015. Totalling P9,489,066, the farm equipment consisted of two 4WD tractors, seven rice threshers, two power cultivators and a reaper from the Agrarian Reform

Community Connectivity and Economic Services (ARCCESS), a project implemented by DAR to help improve productivity and income of ARBs through their organizations. The beneficiaries were three cooperatives from Agusan del Sur, one from Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte, one from Cabadbaran City, six from

GIFTING FARMERS ON CARP’S 27TH ANNIVERSARY. The Department of Agrarian Reform in Caraga made the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program’s 27th Anniversary celebration more meaningful and memorable for agrarian reform beneficiaries by gifting them with P17,755,153 worth of farm equipment, credit assistance and crop protection insurance. Left photo shows DAR-13 new Regional Director Julita Ragandang (third from right) answering a question as (from right) Agusan del Sur Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) ll Paysal Tumog All Hajj, Agusan del Norte PARO ll Andre Atega, DAR-13 Assistant Regional Director Daylinda Narisma, Surigao del Sur PARO II Benjamin Mataksil and Surigao del Norte-Dinagat Islands PARO ll Jose Sebucao listen during a press conference. Right photo shows RD Ragandang (third from right), to her right, Department of Agriculture-13 Regional Director Edna Mabeza, ARD Narisma, Land Bank of the Philippines-Agusan del Norte Lending Center head Jimmy Arco, PARO Atega (extreme right) and an agrarian reform beneficiary display a P400,000 credit assistance check for 35 Agusan del Norte agrarian reform beneficiaries. photos by pat samonte

Surigao del Norte and one from Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands. Three hundred seventeen ARBs received a total of P6,975,000 credit assistance from the Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP), a joint partnership See assistance, page A11 EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION AMONG CO-OWNERS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late MUSOLINI S. SOLDEVILLA, left a parcel of land particularly described as follows, to wit: A parcel of land (Lot 2076-B5-E-9 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-15455. Being a portion of Lot 2076-B-5-E, described on the plan, (LRC) Psd-6761, LRC (GLRO), Cad. Rec. No. 156), situated in Cagayan de Oro, containing an area of 425 square meters, more or less, that for and in consideration, receipt of which in full is hereby acknowledged by the Heirs/Vendors, the Vendor hereby by these presents Sell, Cede, Convey, Transfer and Deliver unto the Vendee their heirs, and assigned the portion of the above-described parcel of land Lot 2076-B-5-E-9, containing an area of 70 square meters, more or less, is the subject of Extra-Judicial Partition among Co-Owners with Deed of Absolute Sale, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Gil U. Banaag, per Doc. No. III; Page No. 23; Book No. 138; Series of 2012. MDN: June 11, 18 & 25, 2015

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5. Each qualified household beneficiary shall be entitled to only one (1) lot under the LGU Program.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE SANGGUNIAN

ARTICLE 1V: DEFINITION OF TERMS

Minutes of the regular session of the sangguniang bayan held at the SB Session Hall on June 24, 2013 at exactly 9:00 in the morning. Present: Hon. Perlito B. Gonzaga - Mun. Vice Mayor / Presiding Chairman Hon. Ma. Cristina N. Atay -SB Member Hon. Ann Marie G. Fung - do Hon. Jose C. Te - do Hon. Patrick John T. Te - do Hon. Guillermo B. Bandiala - do Hon. Liczar O. Basinillo -do Hon. Allan C. Tabaquero - do Hon. Romelie Jose M. Roullo - do Hon. Barry Y. Baguio - ABC President

Section 1. Definition of terms. – The following terms shall be construed in the manner following :

Absent: Hon. Thomas Rey Barcenas

- FSK President

SB RESOLUTION No. ( 06-24-13 ) – 097 RESOLUTION APPROVING ORDINANCE NO. 42, S-2013 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ CODE OF POLICIES IN THE DISPOSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VILLA ELENA HOUSING PROJECT ON LOT NO. 1087, PLS-35 SITUATED AT POBLACION, KAPTAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE”. WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to promote social justice, to ensure the dignity, welfare and security of the people; WHEREAS, to promote social justice, the State shall establish, maintain and ensure adequate provisions and services for housing and land tenure to guarantee the enjoyment by the people of a decent physical and socio-economic standard of living; WHEREAS, the Local Government Unit of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte has entered into a Swapping Agreement with the Department of National Defense (DND) whereby Lot No. 1087, Pls. 35 which was formerly declared as a military reservation is now owned by the Municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte by virtue of the said swapping agreement; WHEREAS, each local government unit shall exercise its power to create its own sources of revenue and to levy taxes, fees and charges subject to the provisions of RA 7160, consistent with the basic policy of local autonomy . Such taxes, fees and charges shall accrue exclusively to the local government units. WHEREAS, in the disposition and implementation of the Villa Elena Housing Project at Lot No. 1087, Pls- 35, situated at Poblacion , Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, a policy is herein established. NOW THEREFORE, after due deliberation and upon motion of Hon. Guillermo B. Bandiala, unanimously seconded; BE IT ORDAIN , AS IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the sangguniang bayan in a session duly assembled to enact : ORDINANCE NO. 42, SERIES OF 2013 THE CODE OF POLICIES IN THE DISPOSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VILLA ELENA HOUSING PROJECT AT LOT NO. 1087 PLS. 35 LOCATED AT POBLACION, KAPATAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE. ARTICLE I : DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES Section 1 : Declaration of Principles. WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to promote social justice, to ensure the dignity, welfare and security of the people; WHEREAS, to promote social justice, the State shall establish, maintain and ensure adequate provisions and services for housing and land tenure to guarantee the enjoyment by the people of a decent physical and socio-economic standard of living; WHEREAS, the Local Government Unit of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte has entered into a Swapping Agreement with the Department of National Defense (DND) whereby Lot No. 1087, Pls. 35 which was formerly declared as a military reservation is now owned by the Municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte by virtue of the said swapping agreement; WHEREAS, the LGU Upgrading Program is designed to upgrade the legal, environmental, social and economic conditions of illegal residents and occupants within the Villa Elena Housing Project in line with the spirit of the constitutional provision guaranteeing housing and security of tenure for every Filipino; WHEREAS, the formulation, institution and enforcement of general and specific policies which shall ensure the success of the program is indispensable for the mutual guidance of the beneficiaries and program implementers; ARTICLE II : TITLE Section 1. Title : This code shall known as “ The Code Of Policies In The Disposition And Implementation of Villa Elena Housing Project at Lot No. 1087, Pls-25, Situated At Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. ARTICLE 111 : GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. Duties and responsibilities of the Municipal Housing Board. The LGU-Kapatagan through the Municipal Housing Board, as Project Administrator shall be responsible to carry out, oversee manage, and administer all phases of the Villa Elena Housing Project in consultation with the Local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC). The LGU shall likewise tap and harness to the fullest such inputs and resources from other government and non government organizations to complement program implementation and improve the socioeconomic conditions of the residents. 1. The LGU census of occupants and the tagging of existing structures shall be the primary basis for determining potential beneficiaries in the Villa Elena Housing Project. 2. Census and tagging and other related cases which may arise in the determination of qualified beneficiaries shall be resolved by the Awards and Arbitration and Beneficiary Selection Committee (AABSC) which shall be constituted for this purpose. 3. The award of rights over the land are non-transferable except with the written consent of the LGU through the Municipal Housing Board subject to existing rules, regulations and policies. 4. Maximum community involvement in the development efforts of the Villa Elena Housing Project shall be encouraged.

1. Alpha Listing – is the LGU consolidated Masterlist in alphabetical order for a more effective reference in the pre-qualification of housing applicants. 2. Absentee Censused Household – a censused household recorded in the official LGU census list who vacates a duly tagged structure and leaves the Villa Elena Housing Project for a continuous period of at least six (6) months without written notice to the Municipal Housing Board. 3. Absentee Structure Owner-any household who owns a duly tagged structure in the Villa Elena Housing Project but who does not reside in the said structure at the time of the official LGU census survey. 4. Actual Area Occupied – the surrounding area occupied by a structure wherein permanent improvements have been introduced by the occupants. 5. Affordability – the capacity of the beneficiary to pay the corresponding value of the lot allocated to him based on his maximum allowable loan under the Affordable Housing Program and End User Housing Program or payment in cash. 6. LGU- Local Government Unit of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte 7. Board-Municipal Housing Board which shall be composed of the Municipal Mayor as Chairman, the Vice Mayor as Vice Chairman and representative from the MPDC, MEO, SB Chairman Committee on Landed Estate and the Municipal Assessor. To constitute quorum, the presence of a majority of all of its members shall be necessary. The Mayor or in his/her absence the Vice Mayor, as the case maybe, shall only vote in case of a tie among the members. 8. Beneficiary – a household who meets the beneficiary selection criteria set for the Villa Elena Housing Project and complies with the provisions of this Code of Policies and other implementing rules and regulations duly promulgated by the Local Government Unit. 9. Awards and Arbitration and Beneficiary Selection Committee- a body established by LGU to entertain, investigate and recommend action regarding disputes over census claims, beneficiary and structure status and other similar cases. The Awards and Arbitration and Beneficiary Selection Committee is composed of one representative from the LGU Government of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, Barangay Poblacion, MSWD, MLGOO and Provincial Legal Officer/Municipal Legal Officer as the case maybe. To constitute quorum, a majority of all the members shall be present and they shall also elect among themselves the chairperson. 10. Census – the official registration of all household members and the recording/ tagging of all officially recognized structures by the LGU as the basis for beneficiary selection and lot allocation. 11. Census and Tagging Cases – cases that pertain to the beneficiary or nonbeneficiary status of persons in Villa Elena Housing Project as based in the official LGU Census List. 12. Census Household – any household registered in the official LGU Census List. 13. Municipality – the Local Government Unit of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte as represented by the Mayor within whose particular jurisdiction, the Villa Elena Housing Project is being implemented. 14. Construction – the erection of a structure or the major repair or extension of an existing structure. 15. Disqualification – the official exclusion and cancellation of rights of a censused or uncensused household from the benefits under the Code of Policies. 16. Dismantling – the act of physically removing any structure or improvement or a part thereof upon the authorization or directive of the LGU through the Board. 17. Extension – any additional construction to the existing area of structure, which increases its size. 18. Ejectment/Eviction – an action instituted by the owner of an illegally or legally constructed and/or duly tagged structure within the Villa Elena Housing Project to oust the occupant of the same and to recover possession of his/her structure. It can also mean the legal expulsion of an absentee structure owner. 19. Formal Notice – official written notification from the Board to any resident/ household of the Villa Elena Housing Project pursuant to this Code of Policies. 20. Household – a group of persons living in one structure who are related or unrelated by blood and have common arrangements for the preparation and consumption of food. 21. Household Head – the legitimate and legal head of the family of structure. 22. Illegal Construction – the construction or repair of a structure, extension of existing structure or a part thereof without the necessary permit and/or authorization from the LGU after the conduct of the official census and tagging exercise. 23. Illegal Occupant – any censused or uncensused household who occupies and settle in the property or in portions thereof without any authorization from the LGU. 24. Illegal Structure – any structure constructed or moved within the prescribed boundary of the Villa Elena Housing Project, after official termination of the census and tagging operations and without any written authorization from the Board. 25. Major Repair – the replacement of worn-out or damaged structural or architectural parts of a structure. 26. Minor Repair – the replacement of inconsiderable worn-out or damaged parts of a structure. 27. Project Area – for this purpose, a parcel of land declared partly for disposition to occupants, located in Purok 12, Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte covered by Lot No. 1087 Pls, 35 in the name of Municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, formerly known as Banana Village and now known as “Villa Elena”. 28. Reblocking – the process of cutting, chopping, modifying, re-aligning and dismantling structures within the project area to allow introduction of site improvements. 29. Relocation – the physical transfer of an existing structure affected by the reblocking to a new and specified location within the project area. 30. Primary Beneficiary – the legal and the legitimate head of the household, registered and/or recorded in the official census-tagging as the owner and actual

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occupant. 31. Renter Occupant – any household other than the owner occupying a structure or portion thereof for monetary consideration and likewise considered as second priority in lot allocation. 32. Renter free occupant – any household other than the owner occupying or using a structure or portion thereof for no monetary consideration. 33. Right of Pre-emption – the right of the censused occupants (renters or rentfree occupants/sharers) of a structure to be given the first option to acquire or purchase a structure over all the other censused households in the project area. The same right shall also be extended or afforded to the Local Government Unit of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. 34. Security of Tenure – the right not to be ejected from the Villa Elena Housing Project except on legal and lawful grounds. 35. Socialized Pricing – the different pricing of lots based on size, location, condition and actual land use aside from housing. 36. Structure – a man-made facility built for the support, enclosure of persons or property of any kind. 37. Structure-Owner – any person who owns a structure or dwelling unit and can prove/demonstrate ownership of such. 38. Upgrading Area – the Villa Elena Housing Project where on-site physical and socio-economic improvements is effected for the beneficiaries. 39. Vacant Lot – any parcel of land within the Villa Elena Housing Project that is not occupied by a person or by any structure or dwelling unit thereon at the time of the official LGU census and tagging operation. ARTICLE V : BENEFICARY SELECTION AND LOT ALLOCATION Section 1. Guidelines in the selection and lot allocation : 1. The official LGU Census survey and tagging of structures conducted from November 15-29, 2012 shall be the primary basis for determining potential project beneficiaries in the Villa Elena Housing Project. 2. The issuance of the LGU tag number does not in any way constitute a guarantee for lot allocation in the Villa Elena Housing Project. 3. All potential project beneficiaries shall be registered voters and residents of the Municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. 4. All cases and claims related to beneficiary selection shall be deliberated and resolved by the Awards and Arbitration and Beneficiary Selection Committee (AABSC). The decision of the AABSC shall be appealable within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof to the Board, whose decision shall be final and executory. 5. In Villa Elena Housing Project area, the primary beneficiaries shall be the censused-owner occupants of duly tagged structures, the location of which are in conformance with the approved site development. 6. Maximum retention and minimum displacement shall be the guideline in the reblocking of structures. 7. Lot allocation shall be on “as is where is basis” referring to the actual location occupied by the actual occupant but not to exceed the maximum area of each block provided it conforms to the site development otherwise, it shall be relocated to an area as the Board shall determine. 8. The maximum lot size to be awarded shall be based on the actual area occupied by the structure of the project beneficiary provided it conforms to the approved site development and affordability to pay. 9. If there are any vacant residential lots within the Villa Elena Housing Project area following implementation of reblocking and site development, the following criteria shall be applied in the allocation of such vacant lots: a.) First priority shall be given to the censused owner-occupants of duly tagged structures within the project area, which must be transferred or dismantled to allow introduction of site improvements. b.) Second priority shall be given to the censused-renters and rent-free occupants of duly tagged structures within the project area. Affordability and length of residence shall be the primary consideration in the prioritization of such censused-renters and rent-free occupants for potential lot allocation. c.) Third priority shall be extended to the informal settlers occupying within National, Provincial and Municipal Roads within Kapatagan; and are registered voters and residents of the municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. Provided that as a pre condition to the award, the said illegal occupant will sign a waiver in favor of the LGU and voluntarily demolish the illegal structures located along the national high way, provincial roads or municipal streets; d.) Fourth priority shall be given to the registered voters and residents of the municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte living outside the project area and is qualified to avail of the housing project. 10. In addition, in order to qualify as a beneficiary to the project, a person must be: a.) a household head; b.) a Filipino citizen, a voter and a resident of the municipality c.) at least twenty one (21) years of age; and d.) capable or can afford to pay the lot and a member of PAG-IBIG; e.) Has no residential landholdings in the Municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte of Six Hundred (600) square meters or more and not a previous government awardee of a housing program. 11. The Rule of Succession shall apply in the event of death or incapacity of the household head beneficiary to whom the lot allocated or awarded. The spouse and/or children actually residing in the structure shall be considered as the rightful successor to the lot and shall bear the responsibility for lot payments thereon. 12. All vacant lots found within Villa Elena Housing Project site shall not be subject to occupation without prior written approval of the LGU through the Municipal Housing Board. 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13. A qualified censused household is entitled to only one (1) lot within the Villa Elena Housing Project area. 14. A Committee to be known as the Awards and Arbitration and Beneficiary Selection Committee (AABSC) shall be constituted in the Local Inter Agency Committee (LIAC) to be composed of the Municipal Assessor, MSWD, Municipal Budget Officer, representative from NHA, PAG-IBIG, DENR, Registry of Deeds, Municipal Police Station and MLGOO. The AABSC shall entertain, investigate, and recommend action regarding disputes over census claims, beneficiary and structure status, and other similar cases. It shall also safeguard the rights of the residents in the Villa Elena area by any legal means it may consider appropriate. All decisions of the AABSC shall be subject to review and approval of the Housing Board of the Municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte whose decision shall be final and executory.

Failure to comply with any of the specified options within the stipulated time frame shall render the censused household subject to disqualification and ejection. In addition, it shall render the structures in question subject to dismantling by the LGU with the assistance of the Local Inter-Agency Committee.

Any censused household shall be disqualified from the benefits of the LGU project on the following grounds: a.)

A censused household who leaves the project area for a continuous period of at least six (6) months without prior written notice to and approval of the Municipal Housing Board.

b.)

A censused household who continuously occupy and use more than one (1) lot other than the lot allocated to him within the Villa Elena Housing Project even after the expiration of the thirty (30) day notice to dispose of his other structures.

c.)

1. Residential lots for Villa Elena Housing Project shall be sold only to qualified beneficiaries of the project.

A censused household who transfers, sells, or in any other manner disposes of his rights as a project beneficiary.

d.)

A censused household who undertakes any unauthorized major repair or extension and who upon notice from the LGU fails to remove the said repair or extension.

e.)

A censused household who relocates his structure in any vacant lot within the Villa Elena Housing Project area without prior written authorization from the LGU through the Board.

f.)

A censused household who construct any new structure within the Villa Elena Housing Project area without prior written authorization from the LGU through the Board following completion of the official census and tagging exercise. A qualified beneficiary who uses a dummy or allows himself to be used as a dummy for the purpose of acquiring rights over a lot, structure or dwelling unit within the Villa Elena Housing Project.

2. Only those beneficiaries whose lot allocations have been confirmed by the LGU shall be qualified for award. 3. Within fifteen (15) days after issuance of a Notice of Award, the LGU and the beneficiary shall execute the Conditional Contract to Sell , or a deed of sale in case of cash purchase and such other related documents over the awarded lot. 3.1. For cash purchase. The beneficiary shall pay within fifteen (15) days from receipt of the Notice of Award an amount equivalent to Two Hundred Pesos ( P 200.00) per square meter of the surveyed – awarded lot area stated in the Notice of Award as down payment and shall form part of purchase cash price. The remaining balance shall be paid on or before the 45th day following the first down payment.

g.)

In addition, the LGU shall not be precluded from taking other appropriate legal action against a disqualified household in accordance with existing laws, policies, rules and regulations.

Failure on the part of the beneficiary to comply with the above and pay the full amount within forty five ( 45) days thereafter shall be sufficient cause for the automatic forfeiture of the award and he/she shall be subjected to disqualification procedures pursuant to existing provisions of this code . In which case, the downpayment shall be returned to the beneficiary/ies and the lot awarded shall be re-raffled to other qualified beneficiaries.

4. All corresponding fees incidental to the registration of the sale, survey fees and the subsequent issuance of the Transfer Certificate of Title in favor of the awardee shall be borne by the awardee. This provision shall apply only where the Original Certificate of Title is under the name of the LGU.

h.)

A censused household who shall employ force, intimidation or threat against any qualified applicant; and

i.)

A censused household who shall interfere, tamper or otherwise employ any other means to defeat the proper carrying out of the plans for the development of the Villa Elena Housing Project.

All disqualified households shall comply with any of the following options within thirty (30) days from receipt of a formal notice from the Board:

2. The sale, transfer, mortgage, encumbrance or any manner of disposition of a tagged structure is prohibited unless it is with the prior written approval of the Municipal Housing Board. 3. All structure owners who did not qualify as project beneficiarie/s shall be required to comply with either of the following options for the disposition of their structures within thirty (30) days from receipt of a formal notice from the Board: a.)

With the prior written approval of the Board, sell the structure to the actual census occupants of the structure, who must also meet the qualifications as set out in this code of policies;

b.)

With the prior written approval of the Board, sell the structure to qualified buyer of his/her own choice only after the censused occupants have waived their rights of pre-emption. Further, actual censused occupants who have the pre-emptive rights shall be given thirty (30) days to exercise the rights of pre-emption. Failure on their part to exercise such option shall mean waiver of their right of pre-emption. In the event that the vendor and vendee cannot agree on the price of the structure, its value shall be determined by the Municipal Assessor’s office based on the prevailing market price in the area and available documents pertaining to the property like tax declarations. The decision of the Municipal Assessor is final and executory. Voluntary dismantle the structure if such is not rented out or occupied by a duly censused household.

All censused renters and rent-free occupants intending to buy a structure within the Villa Elena Housing Project shall secure the written approval of the LGU. Failure to do so, and should the structure in question be affected by the reblocking activities or proposed development, the LGU shall not be

Any structure constructed after termination of the official LGU Census and Tagging of Structures and without written approval of the Board shall be dismantled.

Any structure or dwelling unit found to be danger to life and property as certified by the building official.

Any structure or dwelling unit where an unauthorized major repair or extension was introduced and not removed despite notice. The LGU shall adopt the procedure for dismantling pursuant to the guidelines as prescribed by existing laws, rules and regulations on the matter.

ARTICLE X : RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Section I. Lot Purchase thru a Lot Loan Program by any Financial Institution, default of amortization payment . In case the beneficiary defaulted in the payment of his/her lot loan amortization under the “ Lot Procurement Loan Program by any financial institution and a final Decree of Foreclosure has been issued by a competent court, the local government of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte shall have the pre-empted right to redeem the subject property or shall exercise its right of first refusal. This provision shall be annotated in the OCT or TCT. ARTICLE XI : FUND UTILIZATION Section 1. Fund Deposit and Utilization . All Proceeds from the sale of lots and/or buildings in the Villa Elena Housing Project shall be transferred from the general fund to a special trust account and shall only be used for the development of the Villa Elena Housing Project including but not limited to the redemption of lots/buildings unless otherwise allowed by the Honorable Sangguniang Bayan by virtue of an ordinance/resolution. The use and/or utilization of funds for the preparation , development of resettlement area and construction of houses thereto is hereby authorized , provided that the agency concern shall submit to the sanggunian the corresponding plan and program of the resettlement project. Section 2. Obligation of the Municipal Treasurer. The Municipal Treasurer shall deposit all proceeds from the sale of lots/building in the Villa Elena Housing Project in a trust account for Villa Elena Housing Project and be release only in accordance to the mandate of this code.

with the prior written approval of the Board sell the structure to qualified buyer of his own choice only after the censused occupants have waived their rights of pre-emption. Further, actual censused occupants who have the pre-emptive rights shall be given thirty (30) days to exercise the right of pre-emption. Otherwise, they shall be considered to have automatically waived said right.

ARTILCE XII. FINAL PROVISION

voluntarily dismantle the structure if such is not occupied or rented out by a duly censused household; Failure to comply with any of the foregoing options within the stipulated time period shall cause the eviction of the disqualified household from the project area and to other legal proceedings in accordance with its existing policies, rules, regulations and laws. In addition, it shall render the structure liable for dismantling by the LGU and the Local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC).

Disqualified household shall be issued a formal notice specifying the reasons for such disqualification by the LGU through the Board.

Section 1. Separability Clause. If for any reason, any section or provision of this coded shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by competent authority , such judgment or decree shall not affect or impair other sections or provision thereof. Section 2. Applicability Clause. All matters relating to the imposition in this coded shall be governed by pertinent provision of existing laws. Section 3. Repealing Clause. All municipal ordinances , rules and regulations or part thereof inconsistent with any provision of this coded are hereby repealed, modified or amended. ARTICLE XIII. EFFECTIVITY Section 1. Effectivity . This code shall take effect 10 days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the province or its posting in the bulletin board at the municipal building. Enacted and passed on its final reading on June 24, 2013 during the regular session of the Sanggunian. Certified true and correct:

Section 5. Claims of vacant lots, invalid.- All claimants of vacant lots are hereby declared invalid and without any legal effect. These claimant shall re-apply subject to qualification proceedings provided in this code. ARTICLE VI. EJECTMENT

(SGD) JOSELITO C. DELORIA Secretary to the Sanggunian Attested by:

Section 1. Notification of court ejectment order. - A censused renter or rent-free occupant who have been ejected pursuant to a court order should notify the Board of his/her address in order to maintain his/her status as a potential beneficiary and of his intention to pursue his application for lot award.

Approved by His Honor, the Municipal Mayor:

Section 2. Ejectment . Ejectment procedures of illegal occupants shall be implemented in accordance with the Rule 70 of the Revised Rules of Court and such other related laws, rules and regulations.

(SGD) Atty. BENJIE YU BAGUIO Municipal Mayor

ARTICLE VII. RESETTLEMENT Section I. Relocation of building owner censused occupants. A building ownercensused occupant/s who failed to pay the awarded area of did not qualify as beneficiary to the program shall be relocated at the expense of the local government to an appropriate resettlement area. ARTICLE VIII. CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND TRANSFER Section 1. Construction, repair, etc. - Any new construction, repair, renovation or extension of any type of structure shall be undertaken only after prior written permission from the LGU and the necessary building permit from the Municipal Engineering Office. 1.

Failure to comply with the above options within the stipulated time period, shall cause the eviction of the household from the project area and to appropriate legal proceedings by the LGU in accordance with Rule 70 of the Revised Rules of Court. In addition, it shall render the structure in question subject to dismantling by the Municipality with the assistance of other government agencies. 4.

Section 1. Dismantling . The following structures shall be subject for dismantling:

b.)

c.)

ARTICLE IX. DISMANTLING

The Municipal Treasurer shall likewise submit to the sanggunian a financial report in the use and utilization of the trust fund.

However, for existing censused occupants who qualify as beneficiary, the price shall be pegged at Eight Hundred Pesos (Php 800.00) per square meter regardless of location or measurement.

1. The sale, transfer or any manner of disposition of census rights, lot rights or a tag number to any household is prohibited.

The LGU shall permit any censused household whose tagged structure is destroyed by fire, flood, or any force majeure to reconstruct or repair his structure on a location within the project area in accordance with the site development plan.

with the prior written approval of the Board sell the structure to the actual censured occupants;

In the event that the vendor and vendee cannot agree on the price of the structure, its value shall be determined by the Municipal Assessor’s office whose decision shall be final and executory, or

5. The prices for each lot shall be pegged at Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) per square meters for lots under Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11 and 26, One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500.00) for lots under Blocks 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25 27 and 28 and One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) per square meter for lots under Blocks 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 23, and 24.

Section 3. Sale and transfer of rights , Prohibition :

a.)

4.1. In case of cash purchase by now lot censused occupants, it shall be the duty of the LGU through the Office of the Municipal Assessor in partnership with DENR thru MOPA to process the titling of the awarded lot in favor of the occupant-buyer. Any incidental cost shall be borne by the buyer-occupant.

6. The selling price for vacant lots may be modified or revised by the Local Government Unit through the Honorable Sangguniang Bayan by virtue of an ordinance depending upon the increase in the valuation of real property in the area every three (3) years thereafter.

the approved site development plan.

Section 4. Disqualification .

Section 2. Lot awards and disposition .

3.2. For purchase made through PAG-IBIG Housing/ Lot Loan Facility or any Financial Institution’s Loan Program, the financing institution or PAG-IBIG shall issue a Notice of Guaranty or its equivalent to the Housing Board and proceeds of the loan regardless of the date release of loan proceeds shall be paid directly to the treasury .

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liable for any damages or losses that may be incurred.

15. The LGU-Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte through the Board shall issue a notice of lot relocation to qualified lot awardees following confirmation of his allocation.

c.)

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The LGU shall authorize the chopping and transfer of any structure on any of the following grounds: a.

To conform with the provisions of the approved site development plan;

To facilitate the implementation of the LGU relative to the project now existing or may thereafter be implemented; and

To avert any imminent danger to life and property.

A qualified household effecting the authorized construction, extension, minor repair of a structure shall be required to sign a conforme acknowledging the nature of work and absolving the LGU from any liability for subsequent removal, damage or loss which may result from such reblocking or implementation of

(SGD) Hon. PERLITO B. GONZAGA Municipal Vice Mayor/Presiding Chairman

CERTIFICATION AND CONFIRMITY: Be It Known To All Concern: 1. That I / We have caused the enactment of Ordinance No. 42, S-2013, otherwise known as the “ Code of Policies in the Disposition and Implementation of the Villa Elena Housing Project at Lot No. 1087, Pls-35, situated at Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. 2. That it has undergone the requisite public hearing in accordance to Section 187 of RA 7160 and other related jurisprudence. 3. That I / We personally read and reviewed each and every page thereof. 4. That the contents thereof are true and correct. 5. That I / We hereby concur and affirm its enactment. (SGD) Hon. Ma. Cristina N. Atay -SB Member (SGD) Hon. Ann Marie G. Fung - do (SGD) Hon. Jose C. Te - do (SGD) Hon. Patrick John T. Te - do (SGD) Hon. Guillermo B. Bandiala - do (SGD) Hon. Liczar O. Basinillo -do (SGD) Hon. Allan C. Tabaquero - do (SGD) Hon. Romelie Jose M. Roullo - do ( SGD ) Hon. Barry Y. Baguio - ABC President

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

Approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan , Lanao del Norte on February 24, 2014 per SP Resolution No. 066-2014. SeeORDINANCE, ordinance,page pageA8 3 See

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Republic of the Philippines Region 10 Province of Lanao del Norte BAYAN NG KAPATAGAN

Ordinance

Present: Hon. Perlito B. Gonzaga Municipal Vice Mayor/ Presiding Chairman Hon. Guilllermo B. Bandiala SB Member Hon. Ann Marie G. Fung do Hon. Claire Joy V. Te do Hon. Jhonny Paul H. Lagura do Hon. Liczar O. Basinillo do Hon. Jegger C. Te do Hon. Walter P. Lantaca do Hon. Barry Y. Baguio ABC President Absent: Hon. Allan C. Tabaquero

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Assessed Value of Improvement:

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National Police on the definition and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices , the danger it poses to the public specially to minor children, property and threats to national security, Section 2, 5, 8 and 9 of Ordinance No. 14, S-2007 of the municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte is hereby recommended to be amended accordingly.

Per Tax Declaration No. ________________ ______________________

NOW THEREFORE, after due consideration and upon motion of Hon. Guillermo B. Bandiala, unanimously seconded;

ORDINANCE NO. 60, S-2014 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 42, 2013, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CODE OF POLICIES IN THE DISPOSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VILLA ELENA HOUSING PROJECT ON LOT NO. 1087, PLS-35 SITUATED AT POBLACION , KAPATAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE. WHEREAS, presented for consideration is the proposed amendment to the Code of Policy of the Villa Elena Subdivision Project . WHEREAS, the proposed amendments was submitted for public hearing on June 2, 2014, at Villa Elena Village, the former Banana Village situated at Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. NOW THEREFORE, after due consideration and upon motion of Hon. Guillermo B. Bandiala, unanimously seconded; BE IT ORDAINED, AS IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the sangguniang bayan duly assembled to enact ;

Net Amount Payable

ORDINANCE NO. 61, S-2014

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Recommending approval:

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 42, 2013, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CODE OF POLICIES IN THE DISPOSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VILLA ELENA HOUSING PROJECT ON LOT NO. 1087, PLS-35 SITUATED AT POBLACION , KAPATAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE. Section 1. Title. This ordinance shall be known as an Ordinance Amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 42, S-2013 , otherwise known as the Code of Policies in the Disposition and Implementation of the Villa Elena Housing Project on Lot No. 1087, Pls- 35, situated at Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. Section 2. Amendments. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 42, S-2013 of the municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte is hereby amended accordingly : a. Payment by Installment

ENGR. NEWINA P. LUMAPAY Municipal Assessor

Ground Rentals In Charge ______________________ Real Property Tax In charge Concurred by:

Approved/Disapproved by:

ALEXANDER D. ABABA, CPA Municipal Treasurer

ATTY. BENJIE Y. BAGUIO Municipal Mayor

Provided, further that in the event the exchanged/swapped property of the applicant has a higher value of the lot chosen/awarded, the local government unit shall not pay the excess amount. In which case, it shall be treated as both properties having equal values. Section 3. Effectivity . This ordinance shall take effect after its approval and publication in accordance to Section 59, par ( c ) of RA 7160. Unanimously carried by all SB Members present. I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing resolution.

ORDINANCE NO. 60, S-2014

(SGD) JOSELITO CARINO DELORIA Secretary to the Sanggunian Verified by : (SGD) Hon. GUILLERMO B. BANDIALA SB Member / Movant

Provided finally that if the beneficiary qualifies under the installment scheme, an interest of six (6) percent per annum shall be collected in addition to the balance of the purchase price and payable within a period of twenty four (24) monthly installments, to start on July 2014 until June 2016. In the event of default or failure to pay the monthly installments, the interest imposed shall likewise earned interest compounded monthly. The formula for the monthly installment shall be computed as follows: The unpaid balance subject to installment payments of 24 months multiplied by the factor 0.04432 to get the amount which will represent the monthly installment of the 24-months period. b. Default in the payment of monthly installment The beneficiary who qualifies under the installment scheme and who fails to pay three (3) monthly installments including the interest thereon shall be ejected from the awarded lot in accordance with Rule No. 70 of the Revised Rules of Court. The downpayment and the installment payments made by the defaulting beneficiary shall be forfeited in favor of the Local Government Unit of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte and shall be considered or treated as reasonable rent for the use of the lot awarded. c. Swapping of properties An applicant for lot purchase who is also a lessee of a government lot and who has introduced or constructed an improvement on the leased premises may be allowed to swap/exchange his/her property with a lot he/she chooses to avail of at Villa Elena Housing Project provided that the applicant is not a party litigant whereby the local government unit has secured an order of demolition or auction sale over his/her property for non-payment of rentals and real property taxes. The formula for swapping/exchange of property shall be as follows: COMPUTATION: As of_____________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2, 5, 8 AND 9 OF ORDINANCE NO. 14, S-20O7, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF FIRECRACKERS AND OTHER PYROTECHNIC DEVICE, DESIGNATING ITS DISPLAY AREA AND IMPOSING PENALTIES THEREFORE. Section 1. Title. This ordinance shall be known as an Ordinance Amending Section 2, 5, 8 and 9 of Ordinance No. 14, S-2007 of the municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. Section 2. Amendments. The following Sections of Ordinance No. 14, S-2007 of the municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte is hereby amended accordingly : a. Section 2 as amended . Types of Firecrackers and Pyrotechnic Allowed in this ordinance. For any reason/s any or all of the herein enumerated types , kind or form of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices allowed to be sold or distributed in this ordinance in its original version is or are declared by the national government or PNP as not allowed to be sold or distributed shall be disallowed to be sold or distributed In this ordinance, to wit : A. Firecrackers: 1. Body Rocket 6. Bawang 2. Small Triangulo 7. Pulling of Strings 3. Paper Caps 8. El Diablo 4. Judah’s Belt 9. Sky rocket (kwitis) 5. Other types of equivalent to the foregoing in small explosive content B. Pyrotechnic Device: 1. Sparklers 7. Luces 2. Fountain 8. Jumbo Regular and Special 3. Mabuhay 9. Roman Candle 4. Trompillo 10. Airwolf 5. Whistle Device 11. Butterfly 6. All kind of pyrotechnic device known as pailaw 12. Other types equivalent to the foregoing b. Section 5 as amended . Distribution and Sale of Firecrackers and Pyrotechnic Device. The distribution and sale of firecrackers and pyrotechnic device herein allowed shall be undertaken only by a duly licensed dealer, whose license or permit is issued only by the Office of the Mayor upon recommendation of the PNP and after payment of such fees. No license or permit to sale firecrackers and pyrotechnic device shall be issued to a minor. Misrepresentation of age is a ground for the cancellation of the permit or license.

Attested by: No minor shall be allowed even with the assistance of a guardian to sale or distribute for sale any firecracker or pyrotechnic device at the authorized distribution area.

(SGD) Hon. PERLITO B. GONZAGA Municipal Vice Mayor/Presiding Chairman

c. Section 8 as amended . Sale and Distribution Area . The distribution and sale of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices shall be limited to a single zone to be designated by the Office of the Municipal Mayor upon recommendation of the PNP taking into consideration the safety of the public as well as the distributors or vendors thereof and also for monitoring.

Approved by His Honor, the Municipal Mayor:

Payment by installment may be availed of by the beneficiary provided that he/she must be one (1) of the tagged household conducted on Nov. 15-19, 2012. Provided further that he/she must have at least paid the Two Hundred Pesos (Php 200.00) per square meter down payment for the awarded lot on or before June 30, 2014.

Lot Location: Lot Size: Price/square meter:

BE IT ORDAINED, AS IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the sangguniang bayan duly assembled to enact ;

Add: Rental in Arrears ____________________ Real Property Tax ___________________ Others, pls. specify: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

______________________ SB Member

Selling Price: Less:

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE SANGGUNIAN Excerpt from the minutes of the Regular Session of the Sanggunian held on December 15, 2014 , SB Session Hall , 9:00 a.m.

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(SGD) Atty. BENJIE YU BAGUIO Municipal Mayor

Sale and/or distribution of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices in any of its form , size or kind to minors is strictly prohibited. Approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Lanao del Norte on February 23, 2015 per SP Resolution No. 067-2015.

d. Section 9 as amended . Person allowed to buy and Display/Exhibit. Any person above 18 years of age may be allowed to buy and display/exhibit firecrackers and other pyrotechnic device. The display or exhibition(pagpabuto) maybe authorized to minors on the following circumstances only ,to wit;

Republic of the Philippines Region 10 Province of Lanao del Norte BAYAN NG KAPATAGAN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE SANGGUNIAN Excerpt from the minutes of the Regular Session of the Sanggunian held on December 15, 2014 , SB Session Hall , 9:00 a.m. Present: Hon. Perlito B. Gonzaga Municipal Vice Mayor/ Presiding Chairman Hon. Guilllermo B. Bandiala SB Member Hon. Ann Marie G. Fung do Hon. Claire Joy V. Te do Hon. Jhonny Paul H. Lagura do Hon. Liczar O. Basinillo do Hon. Jegger C. Te do Hon. Walter P. Lantaca do Hon. Barry Y. Baguio ABC President Absent: Hon. Allan C. Tabaquero

SB Member

ORDINANCE NO. 61, S-2014 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2, 5, 8 AND 9 OF ORDINANCE NO. 14, S-20O7 , OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF FIRECRACKERS AND OTHER PYROTECHNIC DEVICE, DESIGNATING ITS DISPLAY AREA AND IMPOSING PENALTIES THEREFORE.

a. Only sparklers , luces paper caps, pulling of strings provided that the display has the supervision of guardians. Section 3. Effectivity . This ordinance shall take effect after its approval and publication in accordance to Section 59, par ( c ) of RA 7160. Unanimously carried by all SB Members present. I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing resolution.

(SGD) JOSELITO CARINO DELORIA Secretary to the Sanggunian Verified by : (SGD) Hon. GUILLERMO B. BANDIALA SB Member / Movant Attested by: SGD) Hon. PERLITO B. GONZAGA Municipal Vice Mayor/Presiding Chairman Approved by His Honor, the Municipal Mayor: (SGD) Atty. BENJIE YU BAGUIO Municipal Mayor Approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Lanao del Norte on February 9, 2015 per SP Resolution No. 024-2015.

WHEREAS, due to recent national development and pronouncement by the Philippine MDN: 29, MDN: June 18, 25 &Apr July 2,2015 2015

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Low-cost flood warning system saves lives in PH

THE Agusan Marsh is a 110,069 hectare-protected area in Mindanao, the southernmost region of the Philippines. Nearly 120,000 people inhabit its lakes, forests, and rice paddies, settling in stilted homes and floating communities. Around 80 percent of the population belong to the indigenous Manobo tribe. They depend on the marsh’s abundant resources for farming, fishing, firewood, and hunting wildlife. Increasingly, villagers are being affected by floods, droughts, typhoons and other the impacts of climate change. Romy Otacan, Chairperson of La Flora, Barangay (village) La Flora from the Municipality of Talacogon, explains that heavy rains overflow the rivers and lakes, sometimes submerging villages. “The people are accustomed to annual rains; but the floods are getting heavier and affecting more areas.” In November 2012, USAID, in partnership with the Philippine Partnership for Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas, launched the Agusan Marsh Climate Change Adaptation Project (AMCCAP) to help 61 villages, including La Flora, increase their resil-

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Houses built on stilts are no longer enough for Agusan Marsh village residents like Maribeth (woman on left). The annual flooding cycle has increased due to climate change. By using color-coded markers, they can now decide when to evacuate their homes to safety. Photo courtesy of Ronie Balong, Municipal Area Coordinator, AMCCAP

Village residents adopt innovative practices to adapt to a changing climate

iency to climate change. Besides developing farmers’ capacities on climatesmart agricultural practices and strengthening local policies on disaster risk reduction, the project developed hazard maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), as well as flood early warning systems. Outreach campaigns taught families how to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. In La Flora, USAID introduced a simple flood early warning system featur-

ing color-coded markings painted on houses, electric posts, schools and other public structures. When water reaches the yellow mark, residents monitor weather forecasts. Orange signals residents to prepare belongings and pre-evacuate women, children, and the elderly, while red prompts evacuation.

The system was put to the test in January 2014 when Tropical Depression Omais swept through Mindanao, affecting nearly half a million people. “The water reached 24 feet. Only the tallest rooftops and floating houses could be seen. Everything else was underwater,” recalls Chairman Otacan. Prior to this, he says, floods only reached ten feet. Despite the calamity, La Flora residents adhered to the flood warning system and the entire village of 1,120 people survived. “We could not have

been more prepared,” said Chairman Otacan. The system helped La Flora resident Maribeth Amado protect her family. “My husband and I watched the water rise, so we packed our marriage certificate, the birth certificates of our children, and land title,” she says. When the water reached the orange mark, they moved

to safety. Like Amado, families voluntarily moved when flooding neared dangerous levels. “Nobody was forced to evacuate, allowing rescue teams time to bring everybody to safety,” Chairman Otacan remarked. USAID established the flood early warning system in 61 barangays throughout Agusan Marsh, benefiting nearly 100,000 people. To further strengthen local capacity for managing disasters, USAID trained more than 1,500 residents and local government officials to develop community-based flood early warning system protocol and hazard maps, conduct search and rescue operations, and manage climate risk data. The project, which ends in October 2015, will leave behind a population more resilient to climate change, and better equipped to protect their communities.

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Invite God in all your endeavors to make it more fruitful Special Gospel of the day (June18, 2015-Thursday) John 21:1-14” And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish. So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught: The disciples got nothing from their fishing because they did it by their own capacity. The reason for this was; they misunderstood Jesus that was no longer with them. They had forsaken by Jesus

DSWD launches photo contest

Cagayan de Oro City -- To promote transparency on the process of Biblical reflection identifying poor with the ongoing household assessment under the Listahanan program, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Northern Mindanao is set to launch a photo contest, dubbed as Listahanan at Work Photo Contest. The contest is open to all photography enBro. Edcel L. Closas thusiasts aged 16 to 25, although not. It was only said Atty. Araceli F. Sol-

amillo, Regional Director of DSWD Northern Mindanao. A t t y. S o l a m i l l o stressed that the activity will also raise awareness and understanding on the process of the second round household validation which is on-going all over the region. Application form for the contest is available at DSWD Field Office, Masterson Avenue, Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. It can also

their presumptions about Jesus whom they believed and trusted so much. This means that if we will do a certain thing alone, we have nothing unless God intervenes. John 15:5”I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. The good news: when Jesus was with them, they got more than enough fishes. Therefore, invite God in all your endeavors to make it more fruitful: Printing paid by: Neneth Ranoa - Bobong BalinoEdith Ranoa, PhD- Tony Jordan – Cagayan De By Alma C. Daygam Teacher II Oro: My new number: Magsaysay Central Elementary School 09187148435: God loves you!!! There are always things ordinary people as we are, that we can do to help in we could be an inspiration our society. Even we are just to anybody else. You would

be downloaded at www. fo10.dswd.gov.ph. Deadline of submission of application form is on June 24, 2014. Cash prizes and plaques await the winners of the contest. For the 1st Prize : P10,000 cash and plaque; 2nd Prize: P7,000 and plaque; 3rd Prize: P5,000 and plaque; and three winners for P2,000 each and plaque for three honorable mention. The first placer will

have the chance to travel to Manila for free to participate the national launching of Listahanan 2 Database of Poor Families. For more information, you can contact DSWD Field Office 10 at Email: fo10@dswd.gov.ph; Telephone Nos.: (63) (88) 858-8134; Telefax: (63) (88) 858-6333; Website: www.fo10.dswd.gov.ph ; Facebook: DSWD Field Office X; and Twitter: DSWDNorthMin.

Keeping the children’s life normal midst the challenging world not even know then, that it is a something, enough that we could contribute for the society. Doing things some people hesitate to do could be

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO )S.S. AFFIDAVIT OF DEVELOPER I, ALLAN G. ALFON, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law. do hereby depose and declare that: I am the Vice President of FILINVEST LAND INC.. (the “Corporation”), a domestic corporation with SEC Certificate of Registration No. 170957 issued on December 15, 2006. with principal office address at 79 Edsa Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City. The Corporation is the developer of ONE OASIS CAGAYAN DE ORO a condominium development project, located along Rosario Limketkai Avenue, Brgy. Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City and as part of the development, a Contract for Line Extension was entered into with Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company. Inc. (CEPALCO) for the latter to extend its lines and facilities to the said condominium; The total cost of the electrical line facilities for this project advanced by the Corporation is: ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY THREE PESOS ONLY AND 00/100 (PhP 1,974,663.00) Philippine Currency, which cost is NOT incorporated in the purchase price for each residential lot/unit that will be paid by the condominium unit buyers: I and the Corporation have caused the publication of an announcement informing the public that the above total cost of the electrical line facilities funded by the Corporation is not incorporated in the purchase price of the sold properties as evidenced by the Affidavit of Publication submitted to CEPALCO; I hereby attest that the money advanced to CEPALCO involved funds owned by the Corporation; This Affidavit is not executed to evade the provisions of the Energy Regulatory Commission Amended Distribution and Open Access Rules regarding the payment to condominium unit buyers of the refunds from electrical line extensions advanced by the developer, but is made truthfully and with full awareness that I could be liable for perjury for any untruthful statements in this Affidavit. I have been duly authorized to execute this Affidavit as per the Board Resolution contained in a Secretary’s Certificate dated October 10, 2014, executed before Notary Public JOVEN GONEZ SEVTLLANO, denominated as Doc. No. 362: Page No. 74 Book No. 41 Series of 2014 in Mandaluyong City; In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature this __ day of ___ 2015, in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

Republic of the Philippines ) Cagayan de Oro City ) s.s. SUBCR1BED and SWORN TO before me this ________, in Cagayan de Oro City, affiant exhibiting to me his Unified Multipurpose ID No. CRN-006-0856832-6, bearing his photograph and signature.

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a form of this contribution. Performing and planning activities like ones focusing to the welfare and interest of children is one good example. This world has come to the time where some society issues are already mean to them that we feel like it is a mission for us to make them feel that this is still a beautiful world that we live at. Might be, it is through showing them that they can still play in the park without getting worried of being kidnapped, they can still swim in the waters without having most concern of pollution, or they can still buy ice cream sans worrying that the ice cream man would not bother to give back the change. Needless to say, some topics shown in the media scared the parents, or even the guardians that this fear has caused stereotypes depriving the children to enjoy the simplest of simple life. The truth is, we should give them the share of experience old people once had. The life that is away from the gadgets, away from the fear; the kind of life that seems so protected and assured. So that, they would grow up healthy in all aspects, and will be have a wide perspective about life; not just the one showed in television and computers.

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on sensational appeal and popularity! Too bad for Efren “Bata” Reyes; he could have been considered as well if his popularity had not waned. Does anyone know what this party means by styling itself as the “United Nationalist Alliance?” Apart from positioning itself to be first in the alphabetical list of parties—UNA!—what does it represent in terms ideas, ideology, or platform? Its party label and its concept of Pacman as role model for a lawmaker says a lot about the VP, his judgment, and his fitness for the presidency. Having such a party with such candidates, and led by such an exploiter of our people’s political weaknesses, is an insult to everyone’s intelligence! Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific, secretarygeneral of Southeast Asian Publishers Association, director at development academy of Philippines, vice chair of Local Government Academy, member of the Cory Government’s Peace Panel, and PPI-UNICEF awardee for outstanding columnist. Author of books on governance, he is national chairman/ convenor of Gising Barangay Movement Inc. valdehuesa@ gmail.com

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your future, schooling, job and family, all your worries and problems. It’s only then that Jesus can start making everything in your life work together for your good and happiness. Every day, Jesus will help you know what you should do, and also how to trust Him to always do His part. It’s only then that you’ll finally have real peace and confidence, even while you’ve got problems. Just Think a Minute…

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of the DAR, Department of Agriculture (DA), and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) in order to address the credit requirements of agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) not eligible to access the bank’s regular lending window. Checks amounting to P1,291,087 from DARPhilippine Crop Insurance

Corporation (DAR-PCIC) were handed to 439 ARBs as insurance protection through premium subsidy against crop losses arising from natural calamities, plant diseases and pest infestation. During a press conference, Ragandang stressed that her office was determined in the effort to help agrarian reform beneficiaries improve their lives through support projects, credit assistance and other interventions. In the same vein, the DAR-13 chief pointed out that most agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in Caraga had achieved the highest level of development and that each ARB’s income has reached P120,000 per year. In her message, Department of Agriculture (DA)Caraga Regional Director Edna Mabeza noted that the DA and DAR have practically the same farmers to serve and stakeholders. She said that while DAR’s goals are to distribute agricultural lands and to improve the ARBs’ living standard, the DA’s primary tasks are to achieve 100 percent food sufficiency in the region and to raise the soil tillers’s quality of life as well. For his part, Land Bank of the Philippines-Agusan del Norte head Jimmy Arco said that with regard to helping farmers, LBP will be on hand to partner with government agencies to provide organized ARBs credit assistance. The whole event had DAR-Caraga Regional Information Officer Joie Ceballos as presentor and master of ceremonies.

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rape and a child trafficking complaint. This, after Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar S. Moreno issued Executive Order No. 065-15 on June 16, 2015 which expanded the composition of the CIACAT-VAWC to 28 members from 12, as mandated under Republic Act No. 9262, otherwise known as the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004. “Due to the recent developments, there is an urgent need to further reorganized the membership of CIACATVAWC, which is expanded to include the additional stakeholders to better address the

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problem of trafficking and violence against women and their children in the local government units,” E.O. 06515 states. In the Order that took effect immediately, Moreno designated City Councilor Teodulfo E. Lao as CIACATVAWC chairman, Touch Foundation, Inc. managing director Ignacio G. Borja as vice-chairman and 26 others as members including city councilors Edna M. Dahino and Enrico D. Salcedo. Dahino chairs the Committee on Women, Children and Family Relations while Salcedo chairs the Committee on Social Services in the City Council. Aside from rape and sexual abuse, other acts considered violence against women and children under Section 5 of R.A. 9262 include, among others, physical harm, threats and attempts to cause physical harm, deprivation of financial support, legal rights, freedom from movement, preventing one from engaging in legitimate profession, and putting one in fear of imminent physical farm. As stipulated under Section 39 of R.A. 9262, the 12 other Council members include: Atty. Fidel A. Macauyag, chief city prosecutor of the Department of Justice; Atty. Angelito D. Magno of the National Bureau of Investigation; Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development; Senior Supt. Faro Antonio O. Olaguera, director of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office; Dr. Elena M. Borcillo, superintendent of the City Schools Division of Cagayan de Oro; Engr. Jane J. Docallos, city director of the Department of Interior and Local Government; Dr. Fe S. Bongcas, city health officer; Victor Aleria of the Commission on Human Rights 10; Overseas Welfare Workers Administration 10 officer-in-charge Harry B. Borres; Jail Inspector Mea Lee P. Tadyog of the Bureau of Jail and Penology; Sister Henedena Mananzan, RGS, chairperson on Anti-Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery Committee of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro; and Philippines Against Child Trafficking-Mindanao regional convenor Maria Lavern Jabien. Aside from them, other members include Migrants Ministry director Monsignor Eutiquiano M. Legitimas of the Archdiocese of Cagayan

de Oro; Philippine National Red Cross administrator Casimira V. Balandra; Federacion Internacional de Abogadas president Gladis L. Naduma; Committee of German Doctors Malisa Home project manager Brenda C. Caberiana; Cagayan de Oro Press Club president Jerry L. Orcullo; Oro Youth Development Council chairman Ernesto B. Neri; Filipina chairperson Elvie A. Parrel; and Tingog sa Kasanag (Tisaka) Drop-in Belen president Eleona A. Monding Other city department heads in the Council are Teodoro A. Sabuga-a Jr. of the City Social Welfare and Development Office, Kathleen Kate D. Sorilla of the Public Employment Service Office, Atty. Donald G. Delegencia of the City Legal Office, and Engr. Isidro G. Borja of the City Planning and Development Office.

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means ‘all-in-one,’ customers would not just enjoy the hot shimmer of goat meat but also other courses in other tastes such as Beef Bulalo, Battered Shrimp, Sinigang na Hipon and Native Chicken Tinola. As mentioned, the opening of new branch also means additional dishes in the menu. These are Malasugi or Tuna Kinilaw, Fried Boneless Bangus, and Chicken Inasal. Chua also added that his restaurant is serving Halal Foods and “No Pork, No Blood” in all menu, making it friendly to all cultures and beliefs. Daltan’s will be operating 24/7, and will also be open for catering services. Moreover, the new branch will give customers the wider space to dine, open-air dining place, free television-viewing and a parking area. Further, security is not a question for the restaurant has CCTV, enough number of staff to guard the diners and its location is approximately just 250 meters away from the nearest police station. One thing also that Mr. Chua cited as one feature that set his restaurant apart from the rest is its loyal promotion for healthy lifestyle. He, himself, is a triathlon and in fact a member of CDO Triathlon Team. “Food, exercise and lifestyle” are things that matter for one to be fully healthy, he said. Thus, he encourage each one to make it a habit to check the content of what he eats. His kambingan recipes

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are made up out of organic grass-fed goats that they bought from their regular supplier, and are cooked by his personally-screened chefs. He also shared that goat meat is rich in vitamins, has the highest comes to protein content and has low cholesterol. Plus, Daltan’s do its own style of cooking which makes the dishes more nutritious and delicious. When asked to compare his restaurant from other kambingans in the city, Mr. Chua proudly replied, “Pinakalamian.”

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planting activity will held at the La Libertad, followed by a bloodletting at 9 a.m. on July 2 at the municipal gym. Some of the activities lined up include the G-CLEF concert on July 3, Araw ng Lanao del Norte on July 4, and the grand finals of amateur at 7 p.m. A thanksgiving mass on July 5 at 9 a.m. at the municipal hall will formally starts the celebration of the 66th Araw ng Kapatagan which will be highlighted with the holding of the 6th Mayor Benjie Cup Shooting Festival and the Agri-Aqua Expo opening at 10 a.m. On July 6, a modern dance competition will be conducted at the Freedom Stage at the municipal grounds, to be followed by the concert of Aegis at 6 p.m. On July 7, the Department of Education (DepED) will be holding a cultural show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to be held at the municipal gym, a quiz bowl at 9 a.m., and the search for Bb. Kapatagan 2015 at 7:30 p.m. The culmination day on July 8 will be highlighted with a parade, the culmination program, and a toast with Mayor Benjie Baguio from 6 p.m. yo 10 p.m. at the municipal gym.

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because “they feed us. Without them, we will all go hungry.” Lumunsad said that the Farmers Assistance Program was specifically designed to help the farmers. “As a company, we have to do our share in helping our farmers because they have been very good to us and have helped us grow big in our operation. We will never abandon them because they have not abandoned us during the drought.” Investing in the future PMFTC, Inc. — an affiliate of Philip Morris Interna-

tional and manufacturer of such brands as Marlboro, Philip Morris, Hope, Fortune, Champion, Jackpot, Westpoint, Bowling Gold, Miller and Stork — established its first Virginia tobacco experimental farm, covering 10 hectares, in Barangay Ane-I, Claveria, Misamis Oriental. The first batch of transplanting for the commercialization phase was conducted in November 2013. The pre-commercialization phase ended in October 2014 and thereafter it went into full commercialization. “Since we started operation in 2012, tobacco planting in Claveria has brought better income to the farmers, better than when they planted traditional crops where the cost of production was high and the profit margin was minimal,” Lumunsad said. Danguilan said that Claveria was chosen to grow Virginia tobacco because of its favorable weather with its even rainfall distribution and good soil which is of the clay loam type. “Tobacco planting has become a cash crop for the residents as they gained better income allowing them to send their children to college and improve their lives. It also provided employment opportunities to the community and nearby municipalities,” she added. PMFTC, Inc., which also exports brands Marlboro and L&M to Thailand since 2003, believes that Claveria holds the future of the company. It is investing more than US$50 million (over P2.2 billion) in the municipality over the next five to six years. “We have a lot of capital expenditures at the moment [that are] being used on several projects, particularly the one in Claveria. We are helping farmers there now…We’re starting a whole new operation because it is quite a unique project that we got going on there—it’s the only second place in the world where we grow tobacco twice a year,” PMFTC President Paul Riley said in a statement. He noted that tobacco could be grown only once a year in the northern part of the country. Riley said the US$50 million investment would be used to build curing barns as well as provide seedling trays to farmers in the area. “We’re not going away, so we have to invest in the future,” he stressed. So “futuristic” is its Claveria operation — nursery, fresh leaf buying station, curing barns, etc. — that it now holds the distinction of being only the second tobacco facility globally and first in Asia to be fully automated. (Bong D. Fabe)

PRA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that ROVERN A. CAGALAWAN has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ROVERN ACOL-ACOL CAGALAWAN who was born on October 29, 1995 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are ULDARICO TAGO CAGALAWAN and ANIANA BANAC ACOL-ACOL. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 27, 2015.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that NICOMEDES S. ORO has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the CHILD’S DATE OF BIRTH from “JANUARY 20, 1977” to “FEBRUARY 20, 1977” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOCELYN PAJO LUBANDINA who was born on January 20, 1977 (as per NSO copy) in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are JOVENCIO BELONO LUBANDINA and TEODOSIA PAELDEN PAJO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 27, 2015.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JOHN RHYMAN B. BROCA has filed with this Office a petition for the change of first name from “JOHN RHY” to “JOHN RHYMAN” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOHN RHY BUGHAW BROCA who was born on May 26, 1996 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are ROMY BANTILAN BROCA and LEORIN CORONADO BUGHAW. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 27, 2015.

(Sgd.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO City Civil Registrar

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Municipality of Baroy held its th 11 Lechon Festival 2015 By JOE PALABAO/Editor at Large

IN commemoration of the 66th founding anniversary and Charter Day of the progressive Municipality of Baroy, Province of Lanao del Norte the grandiose 11th Baroy Lechon Festival 2015 with much fun fare and festive celebration was held at the Municipal Tourism Plaza last June 10. Giving thanks to the bountiful blessings the town has received from the ‘Magbabaya’ Our Heavenly Father Lechonan sa Baroy Festival is a one-day grand affair which starts with a festive parade of twenty three (23) roasted pigs from the different barangays fashionably dressed in different motifs and marched through out the town and ended at the municipal tourism plaza. The beautifully dressed crispy and succulent lechon were displayed at the respective thematic “PISTA SA NAYON’ booths intricately, beautifully built and decorated by the different barangays who participated in the festival. Together with the dressed LECHON, displayed are agricultural, seafood and other

native products showcasing the richness and bounty of the municipality of Baroy. At a glance – The Local Government of BaroyProvince of Lanao del Norte is one of the most peaceful towns in the province with its strategic location compared to other municipalities and is endowed with local talents primarily engaged in producing tasty lechon (roasted pigs) especially seasoned with native spices to bring out the simplicity in Filipino cooking which makes it distinctively delectable and mouthwatering. Having noticed this, the Local Government of Baroy found this to be helpful in boosting the economic growth and tourism potentials of the town and its people. With its sole intention of making the most of these talents proﬁtably, the Lechonan sa Baroy Festival was born and celebrated every 10th day of June, Baroy’s Charter Day. The fashionable, succulent and crispy lechon were then judged the way it is presented, dressed and how it is being spiced up to give off the right balance of spices and salt that suits the taste of a famished

Honorable Mayor Rosa D. Olafsson & Tourism Czar-Regional Director Catalino ‘Butch’ E. Chan 111

diner. Joining the local panel of judges were invited guest judges Ms. Edna Garmendia, a philanthropist and Ms. Maria Teresa M. Picardal-Manager of Bohemian Express Travel & Tours, Inc., of Cagayan de

Oro City, both are supporters of the tourism endeavors of the region. The special judges were invited by the ever- dynamic Tourism Czar-Regional Director Catalino ‘Butch’ E. Chan 111

of Department of Tourism X which was the major presenter of the grandiose 11th Lechonan sa Baroy Festival 2015. Barangay San Juan under the leadership of Barangay Chairman Hon.

Adelaido F. Laranjo, Jr. was the Grand Winner of the Festival. Director Butch E. Chan encouraged the active Lady Mayor Honorable Rosa D. Olafsson of Baroy to continue promoting the tourism potentials of the town with its dynamic Tourism Ofﬁcer-Ms. Rosalbeth C. Villarin to sustain and strengthen the Lechon Festival of Baroy-which is considered as one of a kind lechon festival in Northern Mindanao-the whole of Mindanao and in the country today. Director Chan ofﬁcially announced during the event that Baroy Lechon Festival will be brought to Baguio for next year’s Northern Mindanao Pasundayag 2016-a blessing to all the constituents of the Municipality of Baroy in their effort to continually promote its growing tourism industry.

When in Baroy, Lanao del Norte enjoy & relax at the Horizon Resort & Splashaway Waterpark

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